Adelard
Adelard is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Adelard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adelard is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Adelard
The earliest SSA record of Adelard as a baby boy name dates back to 1884, when 7 babies received it. 1919 was its biggest year on record, with 33 newborns named Adelard — #1,230 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Adelard on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Adelard last appeared in the published SSA data in 1947, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 488 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Adelard
Adelard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 488 births in the dataset. Adelard's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #1,230. Use the chart and map above to compare Adelard's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.